The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-20
THE PENITEsT1.pv
Reports Of Superintendent. G..
Manager and Phyuci.a 'uefal
ACTION OF THE BOARD or
JACKSON, Mrs Lnlr IL

JACKSON Mss, July 18th lss-
The Board met this dav mn 20
call by the Chairman Of tbd p9u4n' 10
special meeting. Present. ] : '15u Tor
Chairman, j. c. Kyle and VIM ft'g,Ss..lons
On the application Of DR. " n !, lille.
physician at one of the conv;a. l bolton,
me Iuif q Ship Island Railroad = ?, Of
lisoh county, Miss, and the recon-, - u ar
u-n OF DAVID johnson, Superinten5..l,ssa.
the Peuitentiary, it Is advised tbs, Of
$50, Bob Easterling, be perm;tta5 convict
main at said camp and the orJs. % Fe-
return to the walls is revoked e' lot his
ordered that the report OF h, n
Johnson, Superintendent OF tn D DtFid
tary, this day submitted. be si@i 4- ssi'en-
recorded Oh the minutes, a, foIloxa a,'a same
Report OF David Johnson, SuueriDts,...
SUPERINTENDENT orr,
STATE PENITENrIARy
JACKSON, Mss, july IS iss-
To the Honorable Boarl of CAM, -. ~
State Penitentiary. AHsssF5
GENTLENEN-Since nv La,
your honorable Board, cons Ggor' 70
changes have been made in the dj Disable
OF the conviets, aud l deem il NJ f' sl-
place to give the particulars al ' y Of
changes. The last of Nav I vis;..i Sae'e
camp OF Fisher and Yerger. twelve civ a .le
south OF Frlars Point, IN CosboB,s o, -'--s'
and made preparation Tor the rer,os s',''5' =,
these conylcts to the walls. yh;cb - Oh
on the first OF June These co,,-.;,. = ulae
few exceptions, were in A besltbv Ntsa
ton and all seemed to be well III I'M, .'-
as well clothed as they should nav - t' .y'
The suo-lessees Fisher and Yergerl - ~.
quite anxious to retain them In, :, -
deemed best by your honorable Bosri "a
| think correctly, that they shonIj : t' '.-l
turned, and on the first Of june the o.i =.
was complied with. ''O''
The next camp visited bv ma M. "
Donald y Co.'S, Is miles east Of ALL
In Monroe county. There has been ms,s
sickness and deaths at this camp tban =,
any other camp IN the State and a.
more complaint Of bad treatment tb,a I
have found anywhere else. 1t is hard =
tell the cause OF so much sickness al ~;
camp, located in a pinev country and 49,
parently good water, with physician s,p
ployed to remain at the camp who j.
formed me that his orders were IN r-oo,-
anything necessary for the sick W., !.
above stated, more sickness prevailed ber.
according to number, than At any OH,
convict camp. Hence the ordsr of Won,
honorable Board refusing to approve nj
J lease longer than Nav LIST. They vsre
however, in violation OF the order Of N.
Board, retained and not removed until Nh
LIST, and 9th, days Of June. The sick 4
! this camp were sent to the walls. and nm
rest to the southern division Of the C;glf !
Ship Island Railroad.
| was present when these conyicts esr
moved, and will state that they were m
as we'll clothed as think they shopld b,y
: been. There has been more complain
/ made at this camp than any other Of bl
q treatment OF convicts, and have lahore
hard to get at the facts Of the matter
have the certificates of a dozen coed Cit
: zens, who live near there, certifying !
Z + their good treatment, and further attepf
!, | ed the circuit court in Aberdeen and CAV
the District Attorney names of men Win
e rumor said, knew all about these viol,
/ tions, yet no indictment was found a
+ the crimes charged against this camp a,
true, have failed to find the guilty part
/ and those who were in position 10 knG
S refused to divulge il 10 me. visited the
i camps at least once month. am sati
T. ned that they had plenty to eat, and Il
r local engineer informed me that the COT
{ victs did not average more than Gig
f yards of dirt per day on embankmel
4 This being the case, they could not ha
been over-worked. As this camp h
caused so much trouble, l will give ii
statistics in full from its commencement
. January, to the first of June, to-wit:
d Whole nsmber OF convicts received az